Definizione monolingua

betray

betray (third-person singular simple present betrays, present participle betraying, simple past and past participle betrayed)

1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
2. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
4. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally; to bewray.
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5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
6. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
7. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

Definizione dizionario betray

	tradire
	to prove faithless or treacherous
	to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret
	to lead astray, as a maiden

	ingannare
	Cause someone to believe an untruth.

	rivelare
	to disclose or discover
	to show or to indicate

	consegnare
	to deliver into the hands of an enemy

	denunziare
	Give away information about somebody.

essere infedele

svelare

truffare

Altri significati:

To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.

To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.

To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.

To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.